Not sure what was worse today Grifter, the sight of you haring past me on the final run in or the flash of those hideous lycra shorts you were wearing :eek:
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Not sure what was worse today Grifter, the sight of you haring past me on the final run in or the flash of those hideous lycra shorts you were wearing :eek:
Ok Ok i know but the worst thing is i wore them for nothing as i didnt fall once not even when i sped past you ! Big thanks to George for lending me his new Walsh`s.
Knew I should've tripped you as you went past...;)Quote:
Originally Posted by grifter
By the way....tell me again why you had to borrow George' shoes...:D :D
p.s. I appear to have gained another running cag...courtesy of our Embsay navigator I believe!
Barbon results now posted here: http://www.helmhillrunners.co.uk/results.html
Two laps around the Helm next week.
Another beautiful sunny day in Kendal for today's race. Results in the usual place here:
http://www.helmhillrunners.co.uk/results.html
Today's Cautley results now posted: http://www.helmhillrunners.co.uk/results.html
Looking good for Sundays event... here is forecast from Weatherline:
Sunday
A wild day expected on Sunday. A gale force southerly wind quickly becoming established along with rain, some heavy through the day. There will be extensive hill fog, but at least on the mild side.
They're off to flag the course tomorrow whilst its clear. We're planning on a slightly longer race than traditionally. The story goes that the first year the race was run, it was going to the summit of Wansfell, but they ran out of flags at one of the earlier summits, and that's where its been to since. But someones made some more flags since then, so whoever wins will get a new record on the new course.Quote:
Originally Posted by theNoor
Great stuff...more climbing* :) Weather sounds just about ideal too!Quote:
Originally Posted by Harry H Howgill
Should be a good one. Cheers HarryH. The normal retinue of us Wharfedalers'll be there :cool:
* { Grifter'll be delighted as he's got the lurgy ;) }
Excellent stuff. See you tomorrow.Quote:
Originally Posted by Stick
Well we got the wind and rain, what happened to the mild bit!? Personally I found the knee deep bog warmer than the driving rain. Well done to all that helped today and comiserations to whoever volunteered to recover the flags!
WOW ! Bad weather is an understatement. That was one of the worse conditions ive run in with freezing sideways hail and gale force winds. Big thanks to all marshalls and timekeepers, Sorry Stick for causing an extra breeze as i passed just before the finish, By the way have you got a problem with turretts.
And the guy that won? I'm told a 17 year old from Sedbergh School, he was way, way out in front at the end...
Yes, cheers HelmHillers and the support gang. Bad enough running around but marshalling etc etc must have been a severe posting today. Thanks; very much appreciated by all the runners I'm sure :)Quote:
Originally Posted by grifter
Oh sorry Grifter....didn't mean you to hear what I called you (twice!) :o ...but are you sure it was me...could've been you mishearing our other run-in racer? But you know it really isn't the done thing to pass one's pal in the last 100yards :( (But rest assured, I'll return the favour as early as I can ;) ). And don't you go getting loads o'points at Austwick just cos I'm not there!
No points gain for me at Austwick as i`ll be at Black Combe, Unfortunate clash.
The course shud of bin the longer version but twas decided that it put an extra quater of an hour on the course so thank god it didn't happen especially wiv the conditions. Collecting the flags wasn't as much of a problem as collecting the discarded paper numbers strewn across the land. Got back on summit and cudn't stand up the winds got that strong so crawlled to the turn around flag to uproot it. Bloody gud day though and the pint in the watermill was the icing on the cake!
Wet and wild indeed. Not been the biggest in the world I took a battering on the top ridge, though I did eventually decide to settle in behind some others runners and let them act as wind-buffers- sorry!
I know what Noor means about the lad who won, and he did it in a vest!!!
Did the course end up being the same as it has been in previous years then?
Yeah. The course was the same as previous years in the end. I don't think that I've ever raced in my waterproof before. I was still frozen too.Quote:
Originally Posted by morning glory
The winner, Simon Barnby is one to look out for in the future (you heard it here first) He's from Sedbergh school and is absolutely flying at the moment. It would be good to see him in a high class field to see how he goes. There is a chance he might beat the record on their 10 mile race that they put on each year, and that's been going for centuries (probably). He is being advised by Hugh Symonds which is why he's got such a good racing head at 17. Good luck to him.
Results will be out shortly. One (big) apology to make though. I managed to wipe the senior times off the stopwatch last night:eek: , so unfortunately no times for the race. Sorry. It was my fault entirely, not the timekeepers on the line who were doing a fabulous job in the conditions. They got everyone's numbers ok despite everything, so positions and points for the league will be fine.
can anyone give a route description of the Wilson Run ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Harry H Howgill
intrigued of Kendal
Not sure, but I know a man to follow!Quote:
Originally Posted by Zinal
I'm over at Sedbergh tomorrow, I'll find out.
Hey, no worries Harry; I don't reckon many records will've tumbled yesterday ;) There was more than one moment when I thought only of getting off the hill :eek: and back to the car never mind about recording a time. I think it pretty tremendous that the team recorded the positions given that absolutely no one came back with a number on!Quote:
Originally Posted by Harry H Howgill
But that's the fun (...when sitting in a good pub, close to a roaring fire with a fine beer in hand of course!) of racing on a day like yesterday. If we could order similar weather though for Austwick but then a nice hot sunny day for Elterwater that'd be fine thanks :cool: (...guess who's away for Austwick!)
how did it go stick sounds like you had a rough one with the weather
It was horrid Cobby, absolutely awful. So bad I almost cried. Grifter beat me on the final run in :(Quote:
Originally Posted by cobbydale
Oh...and atmosperic conditions were a tad rough too!
Austwick was good, no rain, cool breeze and limestone not too slippy - did anyone put the last lady right who was trying to go round in reverse?:confused:
Creme eggs for all finishers at Elterwater tomorrow. Just been to Asda and bought the lot. Last chance to get some points this year.
Thanks for the creme egg, the race was quite nice too! See you in two weeks.
The next one is in three weeks time on 14th April, none points race, but prize giving ceremony :)
Don't forget it's a Saturday rather than the normal Sunday. I've finally sorted out all the league tables so they should be on the Helm Hill website shortly. If you want a copy before then, then PM me your email address.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tommy Trailhound
T-shirts are at the printers, trophies have arrived and Pete Bland has his vouchers ready for me to collect. So come along and pick up your prizes. There is also a great race round Arant Haw and Winder.
Excellent race over Arant and Winder today, even better to see people suffering more in the heat than me;) .
Oh and well done to all the junior runners today - some brilliant running in the heat.
Really good presentation for all the award winners (those who couldn't turn up missed a lovely occasion).
A big thank you to Alistair and the unsung little team of helpers who staged another successful series.
Didn't feel too bad straight after the Arant Haw race, however my quads are starting seize up tonight. Definitely Sedbergh legs tomorrow!
Anyone seen any results for Arant Haw yet?
Cheers, Ali.
I've not finished them off yet. They'll be with you over the weekend. I'll put a post on here when they're available on the Helm Hill website.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ali
Thanks HHH :)
I'll stop mucking about reading all the new threads and get on with them again!:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Ali
Hi HHH, Any idea when you can get the results out ? - still dont have any idea how i did in this excelent little race (I do know it wasnt well).Quote:
Originally Posted by Harry H Howgill
They are in the capable hands of our webmaster now. But if you PM me your email address I'll send you a copy.Quote:
Originally Posted by IanW
Here they are:Quote:
Originally Posted by Harry H Howgill
www.helmhillrunners.co.uk/results
Jen gave birth to a lovely baby boy yesterday. She was wearing her Kendal Winter League t-shirt all the way through. What a true fell runner. He came a week early; Jen had just done 50 lengths of Kendal pool the night before.
He's got good long legs, so give him a few years and we'll have a full Lakeside-Gummers Howe team.
They're both doing great and I'm sure we'll see you soon at a race somewhere.
All the best
Alastair
Congratulations to the both of you! :)
Congratulations :D:D:D.